von Sibylle Janert | 9, Apr, 2022 | Building bridges for autistic children
Joint Attention Joint attention is the process of sharing the experience of observing an object or event by following the gaze or pointing gestures of another. It is the mental progression from a two-way to a...
von Sibylle Janert | 9, Apr, 2022 | Building bridges for autistic children
6 factors for positive outcomes as identified by Ramey and Ramey 1998: the earlier, the better long-term (usually 2-3 years) and intensive, i.e., between 15-25 hours/week of direct work with the child, about 2 hours per day, and not just information for...
von Sibylle Janert | 9, Apr, 2022 | Building bridges for autistic children
Gestural communication Long before a child learns to speak, that is, at least in the first 15 months, he communicates through GESTURES: with the hands, fingers, pointing, giving, handing, pushing away, ...BODY LANGUAGE: he moves his foot to say:...
von Sibylle Janert | 11, Mar, 2021 | Building bridges for autistic children
Self-regulation arises from co-regulation The ability to self-regulate is fundamental to healthy development and the basis for all further learning and cooperative behavior. This is a matter of identifying and adapting to challenging behaviors and...
von Sibylle Janert | 23, Jul, 2020 | Building bridges for autistic children
Joint problem solving: Every interaction - a good interaction! When we want to help a child up the developmental ladder, problems are our best friends and helpers! Earlier, after putting Bruno's beloved letters in a screw-top jar, we...